CQ Legal Insights
THE GRANT OF BAIL; THE NOVEL DECISION IN MARTIN KPEBU (No.2) V ATTORNEY-GENERAL (No.2) IN THE GHANAIAN CRIMINAL LAW JURISPRUDENCE.
INTRODUCTION The recent decision of the Supreme Court in Martin Kpebu v Attorney-General has finally settled the law on the grant of bail and other
PRESUMPTION OF ADVANCEMENT; A LEGAL ANACHRONISM (HUSBAND AND WIFE)
INTRODUCTION Presumption of advancement is a legal presumption which arises in various forms. It simply means a transfer of property or money from husband and
Brief analysis on the Supreme Court case of Ogyeadom Obranu Kwesi Atta IV v Ghana Telecommunications Co. Ltd & Lands Commission
The Supreme Court in Ogyeadom Obranu Kwesi Atta IV v Ghana Telecommunications Co. Ltd & Lands Commission,[1] has recently departed from some of its numerous
THE BOLAM TEST: AN UNFAIR DECISION IN THE TORTS OF PROFESSIONAL NEGLIGENCE
Introduction In his book, Winfield and Jolowicz on Torts, by Rogers W.V.H 13th edition, Sweet and Maxwell, the learned author defined negligence as: “Negligence as
Has the decision in Adisa Boya v Mohammed (Substitituted by) Mohammed & Mujeeb eroded the powers of executors or administrators in the distribution of an estate of a deceased person? Is the decision in Okyere (decd) (substituted by Peprah) v Appenteng & Adomaa still good law?
INTRODUCTION This article brings to mind the words of Thomas Paine, when he stated as follows in 1796 “Nothing they say, is more certain than
Order 81 of the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 2004 (CI 47); A Fetish in Civil Procedure Practice
Rules of court come within the ambit of subsidiary legislation. Because it is a subsidiary legislation, our courts over the past two decades have ruled
